I think the thing that prevents efficient research is presentation of what is already there. There are lots of great things presented very poorly/undocumented.

I think the thing that prevents efficient research is presentation of what is already there. There are lots of great things presented very poorly/undocumented. Anybody developing should worry much more about explaining clearly/presenting what is out there rather than build amazing features that nobody will use that they are not aware of. But this must be a management vision and effort, if you are always pressed just to deliver something working, you will end up with lots of people reinventing the wheel internally.